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All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte
Electrification of transportation and rising demand for grid energy storage continue to build momentum around batteries across the globe. However, the supply chain of Li-ion batteries is exposed to the increas...
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Open AccessHigh-energy and low-cost membrane-free chlorine flow battery
Grid-scale energy storage is essential for reliable electricity transmission and renewable energy integration. Redox flow batteries (RFB) provide affordable and scalable solutions for stationary energy storage...
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Aqueous electrolyte design for super-stable 2.5 V LiMn2O4 || Li4Ti5O12 pouch cells
To compete with commercial organic electrolytes, aqueous electrolytes beyond water-in-salt electrolytes with a lower salt concentration of <5.0 m (mol kgsolvent–1) and wider electrochemical stability window of >3...
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Fluorinated interphase enables reversible aqueous zinc battery chemistries
Metallic zinc is an ideal anode due to its high theoretical capacity (820 mAh g−1), low redox potential (−0.762 V versus the standard hydrogen electrode), high abundance and low toxicity. When used in aqueous ele...
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Open AccessEnabling safe aqueous lithium ion open batteries by suppressing oxygen reduction reaction
Due to the non-flammable nature of water-based electrolytes, aqueous lithium-ion batteries are resistant to catching fire. However, they are not immune to the risk of explosion, since the sealing structure ado...
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Electrolyte design for LiF-rich solid–electrolyte interfaces to enable high-performance microsized alloy anodes for batteries
Lithium batteries with Si, Al or Bi microsized (>10 µm) particle anodes promise a high capacity, ease of production, low cost and low environmental impact, yet they suffer from fast degradation and a low Coulo...
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Author Correction: Aqueous Li-ion battery enabled by halogen conversion–intercalation chemistry in graphite
In Fig. 3e of this Letter, the labels “Br-Cl1” and “Br-Cl2” should read “Br-Br1” and “Br-Br2”, respectively. In the Methods section ‘Preparation of electrodes’, the phrase “anhydrous LiBr/LiCl was replaced by ...
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Aqueous Li-ion battery enabled by halogen conversion–intercalation chemistry in graphite
The use of ‘water-in-salt’ electrolytes has considerably expanded the electrochemical window of aqueous lithium-ion batteries to 3 to 4 volts, making it possible to couple high-voltage cathodes with low-potent...
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Author Correction: Non-flammable electrolyte enables Li-metal batteries with aggressive cathode chemistries
In the version of this Article originally published, in the first paragraph of the Methods, HFE was incorrectly given as 2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl-3ʹ,3ʹ,3ʹ,2ʹ,2ʹ-pentafluoropropyl ether; it should have been 1,1,2,2...
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Non-flammable electrolyte enables Li-metal batteries with aggressive cathode chemistries
Rechargeable Li-metal batteries using high-voltage cathodes can deliver the highest possible energy densities among all electrochemistries. However, the notorious reactivity of metallic lithium as well as the ...
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Open AccessHigh power rechargeable magnesium/iodine battery chemistry
Rechargeable magnesium batteries have attracted considerable attention because of their potential high energy density and low cost. However, their development has been severely hindered because of the lack of ...
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Correction: Corrigendum: New high Tc multiferroics KBiFe2O5 with narrow band gap and promising photovoltaic effect
Intrinsic polarization of ferroelectrics (FE) helps separate photon-generated charge carriers thus enhances photovoltaic effects. However, traditional FE with transition-metal cations (M) of d0 electron in MO6 ne...
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Open AccessObservation of an Intermediate Band in Sn-doped Chalcopyrites with Wide-spectrum Solar Response
Nanostrcutured particles and polycrystalline thin films of Sn-doped chalcopyrite are synthesized by newly-developed methods. Surprisingly, Sn do** introduces a narrow partially filled intermediate band (IB) ...
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Open AccessNew high Tc multiferroics KBiFe2O5 with narrow band gap and promising photovoltaic effect
Intrinsic polarization of ferroelectrics (FE) helps separate photon-generated charge carriers thus enhances photovoltaic effects. However, traditional FE with transition-metal cations (M) of d0 electron in MO6 ne...
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CuSbSe2-assisted sintering of CuInSe2 at low temperature
Ternary chalcopyrite-like compound of CuSbSe2 was found to be an excellent agent to assist the reactive sintering of CuInSe2 (CIS) from Cu2Se and In2Se3 at lower temperature, which is the light absorber material ...
